With so much in the news last few months, it is surprising to see only three bid in the end. AIFF is full of jokers!! :P
</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">As someone pointed out earlier...</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">The AIFF had a lot of interested parties but for various reasons they have pulled out...</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><ol style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Chennai consortium ( Air Asia / QPR ) : no return on investment(roi)...... might play in IMG-R Super League</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">DSK Shivajains ( cost too high, no return on investment ) will opt to build an Academy with Liverpool FC</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">GMR: costs and lack of ROI in Hyderabad and also GMR is fuckin broke after some recent disasters</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Venky's ( costs too high), will opt to have some link with 2nd Div team & also have an Academy set-up linked with Blackburn Rovers FC.</span></li></ol><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Verdana; "> </span><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">A few of the other interested parties backed out due to the prohibitive costs...</div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">The costs of direct entry is double the cost of buying Dempo ( at the 55 Crore SRK valuation)</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">You could buy a smaller I-League team ( e.g. Mumbai FC or Shillong Lajong FC) for a 30-40 Crores !!</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">A lot of the other corporates may choose the less risky, but possibly more financially rewarding IMG-R Super League in January</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">now lets wait to see how they revamp the I-League & 2nd Division </div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.45833396911621px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The three groups submitted their documents at the </span><span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1368621446428_4" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.45833396911621px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Football House</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.45833396911621px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">here Wednesday, which was the deadline. The bids will now be examined by the </span><span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1368621446428_6" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(54, 99, 136); border-bottom-width: 2px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(54, 99, 136); font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.45833396911621px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Bid Evaluation Committee</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.45833396911621px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> that will meet here May 21.</span><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.45833396911621px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.45833396911621px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The consortium from Kerala runs another second division I-League club Eagles FC, which is based in Kochi. The club's director Shaffi Mather is also the chief economic advisor to the chief minister.</p><p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.45833396911621px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The club was launched in 1956 and has among its members well-known political figures like A.K. Antony, Vayalar Ravi and Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. The club has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with English club Reading.</p><p style="margin: 11px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.45833396911621px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/jsw-two-others-bid-league-clubs-123058967.html">http://in.news.yahoo.com/jsw-two-others-bid-league-clubs-123058967.html</a></p></div>;
@gaffertape - thanks again for the useful insights<div><br></div>
<br><div><br></div><div>your welcome....bit it only get's worse....</div><div><br></div><div>News coming out that IMG-R have signed 30 high profile Indian players for their IPFL in January 2014...</div><div>The likes of Mahesh Gawli, Renedy Singh, Climax Lawrence, Sushil Singh and other such stalwarts....</div><div><br></div><div>These guys just need to stay fit till January and play in the 2 month League alongside some high paid foreign legends , maybe the likes of a Cannavaro , Robbie Fowler etc.</div><div><br></div><div>These guys will get paid for a full season by IMG-R, and maybe then they will be loaned back to I-League clubs to stay match fit....</div><div><br></div><div>Not sure which "club" they will be registered for or how they will be transferred/loaned...</div><div><br></div><div>How this doesn't breach 3rd party ownership, I have no idea...</div><div><br></div><div>IMG-R making a mockery of football as we know it</div>
@gaffertape - thanks again for the useful insights<div><br></div>
<br><div><br></div><div>your welcome....bit it only get's worse....</div><div><br></div><div>News coming out that IMG-R have signed 30 high profile Indian players for their IPFL in January 2014...</div><div>The likes of Mahesh Gawli, Renedy Singh, Climax Lawrence, Sushil Singh and other such stalwarts....</div><div><br></div><div>These guys just need to stay fit till January and play in the 2 month League alongside some high paid foreign legends , maybe the likes of a Cannavaro , Robbie Fowler etc.</div><div><br></div><div>These guys will get paid for a full season by IMG-R, and maybe then they will be loaned back to I-League clubs to stay match fit....</div><div><br></div><div>Not sure which "club" they will be registered for or how they will be transferred/loaned...</div><div><br></div><div>How this doesn't breach 3rd party ownership, I have no idea...</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>IMG-R making a mockery of football as we know it</b></div>
sometime i feel that clearing engineering is easier than the wayt AIFF and IMG are working...<div><br></div><div>this IMG league is making it reach the peak point of complexity</div>
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</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">As someone pointed out earlier...</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">The AIFF had a lot of interested parties but for various reasons they have pulled out...</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><ol style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Chennai consortium ( Air Asia / QPR ) : no return on investment(roi)...... might play in IMG-R Super League</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">DSK Shivajains ( cost too high, no return on investment ) will opt to build an Academy with Liverpool FC</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">GMR: costs and lack of ROI in Hyderabad and also GMR is fuckin broke after some recent disasters</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Venky's ( costs too high), will opt to have some link with 2nd Div team & also have an Academy set-up linked with Blackburn Rovers FC.</span></li></ol><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Verdana; "> </span><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">A few of the other interested parties backed out due to the prohibitive costs...</div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">The costs of direct entry is double the cost of buying Dempo ( at the 55 Crore SRK valuation)</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">You could buy a smaller I-League team ( e.g. Mumbai FC or Shillong Lajong FC) for a 30-40 Crores !!</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">A lot of the other corporates may choose the less risky, but possibly more financially rewarding IMG-R Super League in January</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">now lets wait to see how they revamp the I-League & 2nd Division </div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div>
<br><div><br></div><div>your welcome....bit it only get's worse....</div><div><br></div><div>News coming out that IMG-R have signed 30 high profile Indian players for their IPFL in January 2014...</div><div>The likes of Mahesh Gawli, Renedy Singh, Climax Lawrence, Sushil Singh and other such stalwarts....</div><div><br></div><div>These guys just need to stay fit till January and play in the 2 month League alongside some high paid foreign legends , maybe the likes of a Cannavaro , Robbie Fowler etc.</div><div><br></div><div>These guys will get paid for a full season by IMG-R, and maybe then they will be loaned back to I-League clubs to stay match fit....</div><div><br></div><div>Not sure which "club" they will be registered for or how they will be transferred/loaned...</div><div><br></div><div>How this doesn't breach 3rd party ownership, I have no idea...</div><div><br></div><div>IMG-R making a mockery of football as we know it</div>
<br><br>true<br>